rtalk25

Does this daily flight have more pax supporting it from the LA side, or the DC side, or almost equally both? Just wondering.

krpjr

Flight was pretty light the last time I flew this route. I had a whole row to myself. I'm not sure how many people from the WAS area knows that Jetblue can connect them to the west coast from IAD and to other west coast destinations.

sfozrhfco

I took it last Monday and the flight was full. There were several Washington based people connecting on to LAS. I connected to return to SFO. I flew through BOS to go to DCA on the outbound which I prefer. On the way back, it is less flying going through LGB and the two hour wait outside in the sun at LGB was nice. It seemed pretty evenly split with WAS and LA based passengers--at least from those I overhead asking are you going home or leaving? Perhaps once the DCA build up occurs in a few months, there will be more people flying B6 in the DC area that will look to see where else they fly.

From LGB, B6 is the largest carrier by far and those going non-stop from IAD to LGB only have one choice so the passengers originating in LGB probably outnumber DC based passengers for now.

AADC10

It is difficult to say about LGB-IAD. B6 used to have four daily flights each direction but they are down to one. VX operates LAX-IAD and often has lower fares. UA has hubs at LAX and IAD so it is a tough market.

N830MH

Yes, it will get more tougher competition against UA, AA, VX. There is no way to increased more flights from IAD. I believe they will swap for DCA-LAX or LGB or if they swap for IAD-LAX.

haddon90

unless the DOT adds more beyond perimeter slots, B6 will not get DCA-LGB.

AADC10

There is a move to increase the number of beyond perimeter slots gradually to break up US' dominance so it is possible in the next few years. However, since AS operates DCA-LAX, DCA-LGB would be low priority.

haddon90

i wouldn't say it's to break up US' dominance.

also, i don't think the A320 has the range due to DCA's short runway to make it to LGB. and AA is starting DCA-LAX so there is demand.